Man Suspected of Attacking Metro Bus Riders With Screwdriver Taken Into Custody

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A man suspected of assaulting several Los Angeles County Metro bus passengers with a screwdriver in recent weeks was taken into custody following two more attacks on Friday.

Hector Resendez, 24, has allegedly assaulted eight people on Metro buses in various locations around Los Angeles since June 16, according to officials.

Resendez was taken into custody after authorities swarmed a Huntington Park gas station near Pacific Boulevard and Slauson Avenue (map) at about noon, Nicole Nishida of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed.

Resendez was being sought by authorities in connection to six previous bus assaults when two more people were attacked on Metro buses Friday morning.

Hector Resendez, 24, was being sought for allegedly attacking multiple people on Metro busses. (Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

The first took place at about 5:40 a.m. on a bus near North Figueroa Street and West Avenue 26 (map) in the Cypress Park area, Sheriff's Department's transit bureau Lt. Leo Bauer said.

The victim, a man in his 50s, suffered injuries to his face during the assault, according to Bauer.